RESTON, Va., Nov.27, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ In the nation's capital, where an increasingly divisive environment has become the status quo, two women have embarked on a start-up venture to bring people and worlds together, starting with children and board books. Kyra Khanna and Malini Sekhar recently launched a crowd-funding campaign to support the production of their first board book on India that is part of a series that aims to address the dearth of multicultural content available to young children. Funds raised through the sale of Maya and Leela Present: Dances of India, which is currently available for order via their Indiegogo campaign site, will also go towards supporting two young social entrepreneurs in India. (more...)

Yoga instructor Joe Palese is also a guitarist, and in his many years of gigging, what with hauling equipment, the stresses of road work, and the strain of holding a heavy guitar for hours, or standing in one position for too long, he was finding himself with all kinds of debilitating aches and pains at the end of the day. But by utilizing Yoga's ancient poses and stretches, he was able to relieve these issues. And as he continued with his playing, he found more and more musicians asking him to help them, each with their specific problems. Over the years, he found that he was helping, and in some cases even curing, stress-related injuries. Now, with a record of these successes behind him, Palese and Muse-Eek Publishing Company present 'Yoga for Guitarists.' (more...)

Contrary to the way Vietnam veterans are portrayed in American subculture and popular wartime films, Special Forces Officer Michael O'Shea believes all Vietnam veterans should be treated like the heroes they are. (more...)

According to Entertainment Weekly, an anonymous uploader has leaked three previously unpublished works of famed author J.D. Salinger. In the past, the stories were only available at research libraries. (more...)

On December 3, 2013, the world will get to read Pittsburgh author Bethany Hensel's debut New Adult novel, Unstoppable. Released through all major retailers including Barnes and Noble (US and UK), Apple, Kobo, FlipKart (India), FNAC (France and Portugul), Bookworld (Australia), Indigo (Canada), Rakuten (Japan), Amazon and more, this emotion-packed debut will be available first as an ebook for $3.99 and later as a trade paperback for $12.99. (more...)

Charles Krauthammer's THINGS THAT MATTER took the top spot on the non-fiction list, with DOUBLE DOWN by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann in second, and KILLING JESUS by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard in third. (more...)

Timed to the hit release of THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE this weekend, Slate Magazine has done indepth textual analysis (who knew?) on the hit series by SuzAnne Collins, and for good measure, ran the same analysis on Stephenie Meyer's TWILIGHT and J.K. Rowling's HARRY POTTER series. (more...)

The Allen County Public Library Authors Fair featured Susie Duncan Sexton, Mark Carboni, and Blake Sebring - the panel topic is non-fiction writing from these authors who specialize in food, culture, and sports respectively. (more...)